Someone over on the FSM board linked to this damn' nice interview with David Newman...
http://www.stageandscreenonline.com/dow ... ewman.html
...in which he discusses his dad, Jerry Goldsmith, the state of film scoring two years ago (when the interview took place), his music for "Serenity" and all kinds of stuff. Very much worth a listen. Loads of other film composer interviewers can be found there too. I'm listening to Anne Dudley's right now and she's about as delightful and charming a woman as I've come across in addition to being a damn' clever composer.
The interviewer for these two is a man called Tommy Pearson who I've never heard of but seems to be uncommonly good at making his subject TALK as opposed to just answer questions. Perhaps he'll do John Williams one day and get the old boy to come out with something other than his tried-and-true, über-friendly statements on subjects like George Lucas' treatment of his music in the Star Wars prequels. Wish he'd gotten the chance to have a go at Jerry Goldsmith.
Later: Harry Gregson-Williams' is very good too. TP: "How musical is Tony Scott?" HGW: "Umm. Actually, he is almost deaf. (Just kidding!)"
He talks about Ridley Scott's temp-track love for "Kingdom of Heaven", something I've always been curious about. Rather... uhhmmm... candid, some of it. He talks about how he and John Powell went through utter hell on the first "Shrek" film and gives a clue how their collaboration worked. Fascinating stuff!